Microfinance Horizon

Author: Cristina Elisa Orso, Ph.D. Student in “Economic Policy”, Department of Economic and Social Sciences, Catholic University, Piacenza, Italy

Abstract:

The purpose of this paper is to examine different econometric approaches aiming to evaluate the impact of microcredit on poverty. Starting with a brief description of microcredit and the most common kinds of statistical biases connected to these studies, I describe the principal characteristics of Non-Randomized and Randomized approaches, in order to highlight strengths and weaknesses concerning the application of such methodologies.

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